Funerary Mask
Object Number: | E2148 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Roman |
Provenience: | Egypt Balansura |
Period: | Roman Period |
Date Made: | 100-200 CE |
Early Date: | 100 |
Late Date: | 200 |
Section: | Egyptian |
Materials: | Plaster Glass Pigment |
Technique: | Painted Inlaid |
Iconography: | Female Head |
Height: | 29.2 cm |
Width: | 19.1 cm |
Depth: | 27.9 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Theodor Graf, 1897 |
Other Number: | ES 2148 - Other Number |
Description
Portrait bust / Head of a young woman; Painted plaster with inlaid glass eye. Roman period funerary mask.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian Mummies (30 Sep 2012 - 03 Apr 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Mummy Room ( Jun 1972 - 1979) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Mummy Room ( Jan 1935 - Oct 1950) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 272-73 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 94, fig. 83 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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